LD_Tickler
3rd Level Yellow Feather
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This is inspired by the "end of the world" thread.
Let's say they were building colonies on another planet. And let's say the first few loads of colonists and supplies had already been sent and settled successfully. The risks of mechanical failure getting to the space colonies and on the colonies themselves were no riskier than flying in an airplane, and the colonies were well on their way to becoming self sufficient.
Would you leave? Would you flee this planet full of war, environmental damage and so forth? I would.
I recognize that war and poverty and idiocy are just as likely anywhere, but in large part I think these species-wide failures are strong because they have become entrenched and have created legacies. This new colony would, at least potentially, break these cycles and offer a clean slate in a way that earth never can.
Let's say they were building colonies on another planet. And let's say the first few loads of colonists and supplies had already been sent and settled successfully. The risks of mechanical failure getting to the space colonies and on the colonies themselves were no riskier than flying in an airplane, and the colonies were well on their way to becoming self sufficient.
Would you leave? Would you flee this planet full of war, environmental damage and so forth? I would.
I recognize that war and poverty and idiocy are just as likely anywhere, but in large part I think these species-wide failures are strong because they have become entrenched and have created legacies. This new colony would, at least potentially, break these cycles and offer a clean slate in a way that earth never can.
